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John Thune: “We reform the PAYGO process so that revenues that come into…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Congressional Budget Reform and Policy Discussion with Speaker B

Published | Video Starts at 01:11

And it would be for the first time a binding joint resolution signed into law by the President so that you get the buy in from both the executive and the legislative branches of the government. And then of course, We reform the PAYGO process so that revenues that come into the trust funds can't be double counted and can't be used for unrelated spending. on other issues. So there are a whole range of budget reforms that we make that we think make sense. It creates a process, I think for the first time, where we actually can put downward pressure on spending. (01:11–01:20)

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